Self-cleaning comb.



E. HIBBS.

SELF CLEANING COMB.

APPLlCATION FILED SEPT-2| 1914.

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EUGENE HIBBS, OF BEAVER DAlVI, KENTUCKY.

SELF-CLEANING COMB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr.i3,t91l5.

Application filed September 2, 1914. Serial No. 859,883.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EUGENE HIBBS, a citizenof the United States, residing at Beaver Dam, in the county of Ohio andState of Kentucky, have invented certain .new and useful Improvements inSelf-Clean- .ing Combs, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in combs, and particularly tothat class of combs which are selfcleani1'1g.

An object of this invention is the provision of a comb which is providedwith a cleaner attachment, whereby the teeth of the comb will beautomatically cleaned each time the teeth of the comb are drawn throughthe hair.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a comb which isprovided with a cleaner attachment which may be quickly and easilyattached to or removed from a comb.

IVith these and other objects in view, my invention consists in thenovel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, to behereinafter more fully described, claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevational viewpartly in section of my improved self-cleaning comb; Fig. 2 is asectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional view onthe line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4- is a sectional view on the line li ofFig. 1; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view of one end of the casingand the cleaner bar with the comb removed; and Fig. 6 is a perspectiveView of the detachable side and end wall of the casing.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates acomb which is provided with the usual head or body portion 2 and teeth3, the end teeth of the comb being preferably of greater width than theintermediate teeth. A casing' l surrounds the head of the comb, the sidewalls and end walls of the casing at its ends being elongated to provideguide ways 5 which are adapted to receive the opposite end teeth of thecomb. The elongated end walls are provided at their extremities withinwardly projecting flanges 6 which engage under the end teeth of thecomb to hold the same in position with relation to the easing, and oneside wall and the end wall of one of the guide ways 5 is separable asshown at 7 in the drawing, the wall 7 being secured to the casing by setscrews 8. A cleaner bar 9 is provided, the bar having a plurality ofopenings 10 therein to receive the teeth 3, the bar extending the entirelength of the comb and being adapted to project at its ends within theguide ways Secured at one end to the casing 4 is a spring 10, theopposite'end of the spring being loosely passed through a loop 11carried on the cleaner bar, the tension of the spring serving tonormally retain the cleaner bar in its outermost position on the teethof the comb.

' In assembling my improved device, the side wall and end wall 7 of theguide way 5 is removed, whereby the comb 1 may be disposed so that thehead 2 thereof is arranged within the casing 4 and the end teeth of thecomb are arranged within the guide ways 5, the cleaner bar 9 mounted onthe teeth also having its ends disposed within the guide ways 5. Whenthe comb is in this position, the removable side wall 7 is again placedin position to close the guide way 5, the wall being held in thisposition by the engagement of the set screw 8 with the casing. The freeend of the spring 10' is then loosely disposed through the loop 11 andthe comb is then ready for use. It will be seen that the inwardlyextending flanges 6 of the guide ways 5 limit the outward movement ofthe cleaner bar 9 on the teeth, the bar being prevented from movingentirely off of the teeth.

In using my improved comb, the casing is grasped and as the teeth of thecomb are drawn through the hair, the cleaner bar 9 will be forcedinwardly upon the teeth against the tension of the spring 10, so thatupon removal of the comb from engagement in the hair, the tension of thespring will force the cleaner bar to its outermost position, therebyautomatically clean ing the teeth of the comb. By the provision of thedetachable portion 7 of one of the guideways 5, it will be seen thatwhen it is desired to remove the comb from the casing, the portion '7may be detached therefrom whereby the comb may be readily slid from theopen end of the casing, and upon mounting a new comb in the casing, theopen end thereof may be closed by the attachment of the portion 7 of theguide ways to the casing by the set screws 8.

Havingthus fully described my invention, what I desire to claim andsecure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination with a comb, of a casinginclosing the back of the comb and extending down at the ends toform-guides the casing being detachable from the comb, a cleaner barslidably mounted upon the comb teeth and engaging the guides, meansurging the bar toward the'outer end of the teeth, and stops carried bythe guides to limit the outward movement of the cleaner bar.

2. .The. combination with a comb, of a casing 'inclosing the back of thecomb and extending down at the ends to form guides, said casing beingdetachable from the comb,

- inwardly turned flanges formed at the ex- I tremities of the guidesadapted to engage Copies of this patent may be obtained for under theend teeth to support the comb, a cleaner bar slidably arranged upon thecomb teeth and having its ends extended within the guides, and a springurging the cleaner bar toward the inwardly turned flanges.

3. The combination with a comb, of a casing inclosing the back of thecomb and extending down at the ends to form guides, the side and endwalls of one of the guides being detachably connected with the casing, acleaner bar slidably mounted upon the teeth, and a spring urging thecleaner bar toward the outer end of the teeth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

EUGENE HIBBS.

Witnesses R. HOWELL, V. K. HIBBs;

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,D. C.

